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Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Language
English
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"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 5
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
120 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
In 'Becoming Wise', Krista Tippett has created a master class in living for a fractured world. Fracture, she says, is not the whole story of our time. The enduring question of what it means to be human has become inextricable from the challenge of who we are to one another. She insists on the possibility of personal depth and common life for this century, nurtured by science and “spiritual technologies,” with civility and love as muscular public...
5) Olivia
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.
Author
Language
English
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Featuring commentary by "Albus Dumbledore," this collection of tales from the world of Harry Potter includes "The wizard and the hopping pot," "The fountain of fair fortune," "The warlock's hairy heart," "Babbitty Rabbitty and her cackling stump," and "The tale of the three brothers."
7) Fables
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Author
Language
English
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How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious shelter is also the only option for a disabled father-in-law...
11) Ship breaker
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
12) Rude cakes
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Language
English
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Description
A story about a rude cake who never says please or thank you or listens to its parents, and a Giant Cyclops who is polite.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Good morning. Do NOT get stuck in the comments section of life today. Make, do, create the things. Let others tussle it out. Vamos! Before he inspired the world with Hamilton and was catapulted to international fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda was inspiring his Twitter followers with words of encouragement at the beginning and end of each day. He wrote these original sayings, aphorisms, and poetry for himself as much as for others. But as Miranda's audience...
15) The tree in me
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Through text and illustrations of children reveling in nature, explores the various ways we as human beings are strong, creative, and connected to others.
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Language
English
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This ed. first published in 1984.Max sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king. Caldecott Medal winner, 1964. Caldecott Medal collection--look for Caldecott spine label. Reading Rainbow (Television series) collection--look for green spine label.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and...
19) Wild
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth. Bears taught her to eat, birds to speak, foxes to play; she is unabashedly, irrefutably, irrepressibly Wild. That is, until one day she meets a new animal that looks oddly like her...
20) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
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